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tv   KRON 4 News at 8  KRON  September 1, 2012 8:00pm-9:00pm PDT

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we leave you today with amazing video of a wheelchair bound scuba diver. helped invent the under water chair she used for this
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>> they were cautious enough not to predict a bridge opening before 5:00 a.m. on tuesday. >> we have not seen anything unexpected and we're doing good >>george: with this against closure of of the dumbarton bridge we wanted to alert you to alternate routes and where you are likely to find the biggest traffic impact. the bridge closed friday night at 10:00 p.m. and it is not scheduled to reopen until tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m.. most of the traffic is likely to end up here on the san mateo bridge. it is the closest alternate. you could also use to 37 at
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the bottom of the bay referred to as the 70 tour. because of that, even if you do not regularly use the dumbarton, you're likely to find heavier than normal traffic on this stretch of the nimitz and this stretch of highway 101. if you are a regular user of to 37 or the san mateo bridge, expect big he will have heavier than normal traffic because you will have a lot of people to renew. >>vicki: gas prices are climbing ever so slowly. the average for a gallon of regular and sit francisco is $4. 24. oakland, $4.18. analysts say prices will ease up a little bit after labor day toward cragslist robberies and oakland within 24 hours. the first happened last night. a person was robbed at gunpoint.
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i i i'm i i. isa adapter ddress didn't with is on the damage to homes and concord had been distorted by a fire . investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked the
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blaze . >> the man who lived next door to the home on fire ran outside and back to its truck and up to the street . now ,, that truck in his son of are all that he had left . this man lives behind the home and will go when he heard fire engines . he ran outside shocked to see huge flames in next door . >> her them scream they got the gas line of . >> about 30 firefighters had received under control by 4:00 a.m. . fortunately ,, there were no injuries . one of the homeowners and their son are currently getting help from the red cross . >> i feel for the victims of this fire . it looks awful . i a.m glad that everyone is ok .
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>>president obama: let me recap for you . everything is bad ,, it is obam its fall . >>vicki: that was president obama summarizing his view of the republican national convention . the democrats are counting down to their own turn in the spotlight . that and more coming of next . across
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> ladies and gentlemen, please keep your seat. >>vicki: a horrific plane crash caught on camera. this happened today. the filing -- the pilot
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crashed while flying in formation. the crash sent a huge fireball into the sky as thousands of spectators or watching the air show. the pilot died and no one on the ground was injured. there's no word on what caused the crash. a new evacuation is being ordered in louisiana due to flooding from hurricane is it. a rural area near side al is in danger. the believe a nearby divers and canal is going to fail. the region is still out of the normans and is still under water. what is left of hurricane is it is moving up the mississippi valley. the national weather service reports that two tornadoes touched down in illinois. we now know, a man who fell 45 ft. to his death during a college football game had been drinking. he felt while celebrating its tennessee touchdown. witnesses described the scene as hectic. >> everyone was freed out
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after it happened. everyone tried to run to the site security was pushing everyone back. >> this is the second person to fall to their death in the last two days. authorities recently identified a 25 year-old man who fell 60 ft. from an escalator at the houston texas stadium on thursday. it is unknown at this time will call him -- will cause him to fall. an extreme case of bullying was caught on camera. the incident is disturbing, even more disturbing is the person at the center of the episode. the school district is still contending with the fallout as authorities investigate. >> this is cell phone video shot by students during a class at a middle school last february. we received a copy from an attorney. she represents the 13 year-old boy on the floor covered by chairs.
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>> it was a teacher led abilene incident. >> the lawyer says they are all traumatized about what happened. >> the teacher told him in the valley and its but his bottom and his face saying he felt gassy. he had a pillow on his face and it could not breathe for several seconds. he had his own stocks shoved into his mouth. >> the school district said they looked at the videos after the incident and acted quickly. >> we immediately placed the teacher on leave. >> after an internal investigation the teacher was suspended for 10 days and reassigned as a substitute teacher for the rest of the year, given the training and assigned to different models of for the fall. >> we to a pretty significant disciplinary action. >> we were not able to contact the teacher by phone. in a letter, he apologized and explained he did not view the incident as anything more than
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harmless childhood corselet. the boy's attorney says the team has not been able to return to class after the incident, he has switched schools and require therapy. >> it was not horseplay, there was no play going on. >> the school did not report the incident to authorities but the sheriff's department to find out about it and is now investigating. >>brian: fall from a today. by the afternoon near yerba buena island, blue skies over oakland in the east bay. tartars are in the '60s and '70s. the fog has really kept things cool. a different story for tomorrow. a live at the golden gate, we have a fall. across the span, traffic is pretty slow coming in to the toll plaza. foggy conditions for debate tonight. for tomorrow, the fog is forecast to clear away more quickly.
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the sea breeze and fog is making for cool temperatures. at the coast, it looks like a better date. we will see more sunshine as we get into the afternoon. the temperatures in the '60s and '70s. half moon bay and its effect, it will build warmer and a sunnier into the afternoon. temperatures in the low-mid-60s. by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow, we will see warmer readings, especially inland. notice the covers in the state. concord and a livermore, war generated kidding upper 80s and low 90s. ladies in the south bay. 70's and a few low 80s bayside. san francisco, close to 70
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degrees. going into labor day, monday, the same story. we have to nice days coming up for tomorrow and monday. temperatures, sunday afternoon, upper 70's and low-and '80s. one of the warmest places inland, look for upper 80s in the '90s. costs have francisco will be close to 70 degrees. low-mid-70s in berkeley and oakland. and or bay valley, a lot of these. monday for labor day looks about the same. so we will not see much in a way of fog. temperatures and when will stay on the warm side. more fog and a cooling trend
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towards the end of the week. you can get this 70 forecast any time on the new kron4 24-7 is channel, comcast and 01 93. his quick, convenient and always on. >>stanley: coming up, the chp is cracking down. you can avoid getting fined if you listen to the next edition of people behaving badly.
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>>stanley: pay close attention to the cars in this land. let's pause the video. the first driver is attempting to change lanes but the driver of the silver lexus, watch what happens. the driver change lanes at the very last second. i was out with the oakland office of the highway patrol. the driver ignored the move over or slow down a lot. the officer will have to chat with the driver. she said she saw the crews are at the last second.
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>>stanley: road workers have been hit and killed by many drivers. >> i do not want to be known as beating badly. many drivers did not slow down or move over. watch this school bus. the driver clearly has enough room to move over, so she gets to chat with the officer. officer >> i stop you because you did not move over when i was on the right shoulder. >> every person stopped with and always seems to have an excuse. for the record, everyone stopped to date was given a warning.
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there is a crack down scheduled and if you do not more over or slowdown when ec and an urgency a caltrans order, you could end up with a ticket. the chp is hoping to prevent any additional workers from getting ahead by a car or truck faugh >>vicki: if you have a comment or story idea, e-mail us. coming next we will take you at bank of america, we're continuing to lend and invest in the people, businesses, and organizations that call the bay area home. whether it's helping a nonprofit provide safe, affordable housing within the city, supporting an organization that's helping kids find jobs and stay in school,
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>> the pilot of this planet decided to sort of back to return to the airstrip, that is where the airplane crashed and burst into flames. at least one person was killed. >> a night of a fine it takes a tragic turn when teenagers killed during a bus ride to wait majors the party. we have a stunning story of what happened. >> high school students from st. francis prep were headed to is we 16 party in new jersey about a double double -- double decker love letter bus. one of the students open hatch is on the top of the bus eddie was hit by the overpass near fletcher avenue. >> the kid said his head through the hatch and
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apparently he was hit. he was taken hackensack hospital. >> he was rushed to the medical center. the other students with bloody t-shirts and party dresses or taken to the police station. their parents were distraught air rushing in to find out what happened. >> my son was on the bus. i heard that there was an accident and i a.m here to pick up my son to find out what is going on. >> they were headed to was the 16th party? >> a guess. >>vicki: thought the only five of the more than 20 20 will beg ashore on south florida beach today have survived. nearby residents and officials try to save them. it is unclear why the whales
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became stranded. experts say pilot whales are social animals that it could be that one of the animals was sick and the others followed. >> its songwriter hal david has died. among the timeless itunes, raindrops keep falling on my head, close to you and that's what friends are for. he died of complications from a stroke this morning in los angeles at the agef 91.
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>>gabe: is to pack out is a new iphone apt. while watching a political advertisement, the user can hold up their phone to identify the commercial to receive objective third-party information. it uses the technology is similar to voice recognition dehere, understand and process the added is listening to. it matches audio waves against
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a data base. the super pak application allows the user to read the out while understanding who and how much money is behind the advertisement and and the claim they are making and if the claims are based on fact. it is a new tool for voters, a simple way to bring transparency to th for now it is fully funded, there's no advertisements. for a link on where to download log on and look for my tech page. >>darya: >>vicki: apple is asking a federal court to add four more of its rivals' products of the list of those that infringe on patents. apple filed documents on friday asking a judge to stop saddam's sons release of what it considers copycat products. it includes a new galaxy as three smart phone. apple was awarded over $1
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billion by a jury. sampson is appealing the verdict. thirdthird >> we had a lot of fog this morning that's it for ever to clear away. at the close to did not clear away at all. that was the case of the golden gate.
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>> it will be a good beach weather with clearing of the coast in the afternoon and a lot of warm temperatures inland the week and is looking pretty nice. by 7:00 a.m. the fog is pretty much everywhere but it will clear away quickly. look for highs in the upper seventies and low-mid-80s drift from and san jose of to 82 degrees for tomorrow.
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in fremont and monday, upper seventies. the inland locations will be a lot warmer. off the >> our new 24-7 this channel is all about convenience. it is a place where you can check in at any time for up-to-the-minute weather in the news information. in the lower left-hand corner
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you will see a tile. we cycled through a bunch of cities and right next to that we have a 7 day forecast with that city's forecast for the next seven days. below the 7 day forecast we have a news craw. it gives you the latest updates directly from kron4 news room. check in and get a quick update on the weather and the big blocks there'll always be weather information ended this updates along with updated traffic checks in and live video. if you are not near a television set you can always watch us on my. we hope you give it a try. let us know we think and give us some feedback.
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the >>vicki: to man from texas are going home to texas with a giant fish story. there were on a sport fishing expedition when they put something pretty big. they spent four hours of fighting with their catch and it reeled in 8 917 lb. mako shark. >> okay, here's the plan.
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>vicki: if you will find scandinavian inspired food with a twist. you will find lobster. this beautiful beach dish is spiked with fresh horseradish. >> this is our version of will stop it. >>vicki: in the dining room, a nice glass of white wine. they also have a bartender them and whites as an opera singer.
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>>brian: tomorrow will be much for the what we have seen. upper 80s and low '90s inland. 70's bayside.
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>>vicki: we're back at 11:00 p. m.. we will see them.
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